RM: MacTech?
HelloDrunkenBatmandrunkenbatman, my name is Jordan, I help out on the Adium project and have been reading since your interview with Evan. I was looking around for MacTech for your interview today, but none of the book stores around here have it (ive tried multiple Barnes & Nobles) and all seem to have stopped carrying it. No dice on Borders either. Any idea if there are any other stores who supposedly sell it? Any help would be appreciated.Thanks,
-Jordan
A lot of people are trying to find the issue of MacTech with me in it since I mentioned it, and I know it set off an amusing flurry in the AdiumX group once the word spread they'd see their app mentioned in print where they were all running to different Barnes and Nobles trying to find it, reporting back to each other with no luck, and then repeating the whole thing again with different B&N's. Why none of them just called first is beyond me, but I'm guessing it was part of the fun.
Unfortunately, I can't really help you out here. Someone in the comments mentioned that 'Books 'a Million' may carry it if its around you, but I haven't confirmed that myself since they were nice enough to UPS me a bunch of issues.
You have to remember that while its a printed magazine, its a very targeted one and the content is geared towards Mac gear-heads. I.E., you won't see ways to optimize iPhoto, but rather ways to optimize your Python code or QuickTime movies. Barnes and Nobles are the new Starbucks, but not every store carries everything, and so you're much more likely to find a B&N carrying it in a larger metro area than a suburb in Kansas (in the same way that their website will have a larger selection of autobiographies than their brick and mortar store).
The safest way to get it while my issue is still around would be to subscribe to their magazine via their 'risk-free' offer. Right now it appears their store is down for the day, but I have a feeling if you email the editor [after removing the NOSPAM] saying you'd like to subscribe (and want to be sure to get my issue) he'll take care of you.
Posted by drunkenbatmanAugust 07, 2005, at 04:26 PM
Comments (10)
Posted by: Rajiv Manglani at August 7, 2005 07:59 PM
in boston, the cambridge microcenter has mactech in stock. none of the b&n's that i tried had it.
Posted by: Jon R. at August 8, 2005 04:07 AM
the link to e-mail the editor isn't a "mailto:" link.
:-P
Posted by: Kent at August 9, 2005 01:02 PM
This probably won't help, but Chapters/Indigo has it (I'm pretty sure I saw it last night) in Canada (at least at my local one, and they usually carry nearly the same magazines in most franchise stores).
Posted by: TFerraro at August 10, 2005 09:01 PM
For those near Paramus NJ: the Barnes and Noble on Rt 17 south (haven't been in the one on north-bound side recently) carry MacTech and as of Sat Aug 6 had the issue with drunkenbatman.
Posted by: Sam MacCutchan at August 10, 2005 09:20 PM
Echoing Kent's comment, I picked up my copy at Chapters last week. It has a sticker on it that says 04/08/05 I'm not sure if that is the date that it is supposed to be taken off the shelf or the day it was put on the shelf. As I did buy it on the fourth.
Also it's $12.95 Canadian! With tax it came out to $14 something!
Posted by: Abrams at August 10, 2005 09:36 PM
I've been looking for this, but our Barnes and Nobles didn't carry it. We have a books a million and haven't tried there. No one has said whether they liked it though, is it worth getting?
Posted by: Seth at August 13, 2005 10:08 PM
I live in Overland Park - a Kansas suburb - and I buy my MacTech at MicroCenter. ;)
Posted by: Mishmosh at August 14, 2005 05:41 PM
The best thing about your sentence "Barnes and Noble is the new Starbucks" is that many B&Ns now include Starbucks therein. Crikey.
Posted by: Lee at August 19, 2005 09:51 PM
In NYC you can go to the B&N in Brooklyn Heights or J&R (go to the third floor magazines and books section). These are the only two places I've seen the magazine sold.
I posted about Books-A-Million carrying the magazine. And actually, I live in Morgantown, West Virginia, which I guess you could equate to a Kansas suburb. But its a college town, so maybe that's why we have it? Doesn't seem like there's an enormous Mac following here, especially the techy Mac following. I'm just glad I stumbled across the magazine in the first place.